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In February 2006, Tribune staff reporter Russell Working got an urgent phone call from home. His stepson, Sergei, was enlisting in the U.S. Marines. In this series of articles, Working chronicles Sergei’s progress from induction, through boot camp, through his Marines graduation. Recently, Sergei, a Russian immigrant, becomes an American citizen.